Thank you for joining us in The Ink Well. Your story is very sad and very short. We do prefer at least 350 words as a minimum.

Here are some important notes as you get to know our community:

• Please be sure to read The Ink Well community rules at the top of The Ink Well community home page.
• We are all about quality short stories and engagement.
• We ask everyone who posts in The Ink Well to read and comment on at least two other writers' work in the community for every story published.
• We keep a watchful eye out for spam and plagiarism, which are not tolerated.
• You can find an overview of our community and what we're about in our manifesto.
• We provide weekly writing prompts to inspire our community of writers.
• You can find many fiction writing resources in our catalog of fiction writing tips.

Again, welcome!